{"id":678738,"date":"2026-01-15T08:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T08:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/678738\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T08:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T08:15:10","slug":"49ers-trent-williams-has-hilarious-response-to-eagles-fan-complaints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/678738\/","title":{"rendered":"49ers&#8217; Trent Williams has hilarious response to Eagles fan complaints"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jan. 14, 2026, 9:15 p.m. PT<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The <a href=\"\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">San Francisco 49ers<\/a> were losing 19-17 to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/philadelphia-eagles\/354\" data-autotag=\"c1b3a094-e294-4a77-b1b2-dbdbd5bfa2c5\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Philadelphia Eagles<\/a> in the fourth quarter of their wild-card matchup before quarterback Brock Purdy found running back Christian McCaffrey for a 4-yard score.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">After the game, Eagles fans complained about left tackle Trent Williams&#8217; performance on the game-winning touchdown, saying that he held Eagles linebacker Nolan Smith, which allowed Purdy to step up and deliver the strike.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Speaking with reporters on Wednesday, Williams had a hilarious response to the gripes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cI didn\u2019t see a flag,&#8221; Williams said. &#8220;You can\u2019t get a speeding ticket if you don\u2019t get pulled over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The 37-year-old, who made his 12th Pro Bowl this year, returned to the lineup against Philadelphia after missing the regular-season finale with a hamstring injury. A player with the accolades that he has will sometimes get the benefit of the doubt from referees.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/san-francisco-49ers\/359\" data-autotag=\"3d4aeb7f-6493-4c2a-8803-2439e4b64ee4\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">49ers<\/a> fans were also quick to point out a missed call that should&#8217;ve been a roughing-the-passer or facemask penalty against Nakobe Dean during the game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Officiating is a difficult job, especially when doing it at live game speed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">More 49ers: <a href=\"http:\/\/ninerswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/niners\/2026\/01\/14\/49ers-injury-report-trent-williams-ricky-pearsall-fred-warner\/88186589007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">No news is good news on 49ers&#8217; 2nd practice report of divisional round<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan. 14, 2026, 9:15 p.m. PT The San Francisco 49ers were losing 19-17 to the Philadelphia Eagles in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":678739,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2068],"tags":[95878,25,7,6,242,109,2476,96189,96190,95882,96537,95946,97121,95888,95895,99166,95897,96191,96090,95883,97071,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-678738","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia-eagles","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-eagles","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-philadelphia","13":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","14":"tag-philadelphiaeagles","15":"tag-sstssportsnflniners","16":"tag-sstsnniners","17":"tag-tagamerican-football","18":"tag-tagbrock-purdy","19":"tag-tagcalifornia-gold-rush","20":"tag-tagchristian-mccaffrey","21":"tag-tagnfl","22":"tag-tagnfl-hub","23":"tag-tagnolan-smith","24":"tag-tagoverall-negative","25":"tag-tagphiladelphia-eagles","26":"tag-tagsan-francisco-49ers","27":"tag-tagsports-news","28":"tag-tagtrent-williams","29":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115898123871796804","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=678738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/678739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}